This building can still have great value for Detroit. I can only believe that this is a positive thing.
I don't think Ford (the company, and by definition, the family) is perfect by any stretch, but please remember that it wasn't that long ago that the company made the hugely gutsy decision to mortgage itself to the hilt, in a very uncertain business environment, to the tune of some 29 billion dollars, in order to survive the recession.
They're still here, and still relevant, as this thread shows.
Jeff C